Socialising Flashcards
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Такие ситуации действительно истощают
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These kinds of situations are quite draining
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Избегать
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Shun
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Преодолеть сдержанность
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Loosen inhibitions
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Превозносить себя
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Bigging myself up
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Это,то и другое
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This,that and the other
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Что за бестолочь
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What a knob
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Поладить с самого начала
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Hit it off from the get go
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Мучительный
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Excruciating
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Этот парень действительно превозносит себя
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This bloke is really up himself
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На хорошей должности ( где-то)
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High up in ( where)
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Почтительный
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Deferential
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Забывая о том
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oblivious to
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Важный(человек)
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Big deal
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Хвастаться ( что знаешь кого-то популярного)
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Name- dropping
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Скромный
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Unassuming
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Сдержанный
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Low- key
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Опровергать
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Belie
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Преуменьшать
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Play down
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Самоуничтожение
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self- deprication
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Если можно так сказать ( когда не хочешь себя хвалить)
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If I do say so myself
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Бестактность
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Faux pas
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Оскорбительный
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Mortifying
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To act in a manner similar to someone else
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Follow other people’s leads
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Вряд ли ошибетесь
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Can’t go far wrong
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To have no hesitations, apprehensions about smth.
Have no qualms about
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я могу быть немного неуклюжим( неучтивым)
I can be a bit of a klutz
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Have an unpleasant interaction with someone
Having a run-in with someone
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Скрывать свои переживания под улыбкой
Grin and bear it
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Хвастаться, заниматься саморекламой
Blowing your own trumpet
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Иссякнуть
Run dry
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Куда уж там
Let alone
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не хотел совать нос не в свое дело
Don't mean to pry but...
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для этого требуется много смелости
It takes a lot of cheek to do ...
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буду немного навеселе
I will get a bit tipsy
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to receive a lot of attention from other people who stand or sit around you to listen, especially on a social occasion
Hold court
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To keep one interested in or captivated by something.
Hold someone's attention
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To feel and show pride in oneself, especially in times of difficulty, failure, or embarrassment.
Hold your head up high
I know you're unhappy that you lost, but you should hold your head high and be proud of all you accomplished this season.
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To deem someone accountable for something; to blame someone for something.
Hold someone responsible
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To be precisely correct or accurate.
Hit the nail on the head
You really hit the nail on the head with that answer—good job.
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To begin something energetically and successfully.
Hit the ground running
I'm confident that our new CEO will just hit the ground running once she starts here.
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To become extremely angry or upset.
Hit the roof
My parents are going to hit the roof if they find out we had a party here!
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To pursue something that someone else (often a family member) has already done.
Follow in one's footsteps
My father was an engineer, and I plan to follow in his footsteps and study engineering in college.
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1. To go awry or make a mistake.
2. To misbehave after previous upright behavior.
Go wrong
1. Where did I go wrong? Why is this pipe still leaking?
2.He was always such a good kid that I'm shocked to hear that he's in jail. I wonder what made him go wrong.
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To put forth the utmost amount of energy, effort, enthusiasm, and/or resources (toward some task or action).
Go all out
You'll be going against a state champion in the next match, so you'll have to go all out if you want to beat her!
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To divide a check or bill so that each person contributes to it.
Go Dutch
You don't have to treat me to dinner—let's go Dutch.
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1. To play a piece of music without referencing sheet music or a recording. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "play" and "by ear."
2. By extension, to make decisions about what action to take in an adaptive, flexible way, based on the circumstances. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "play" and "by ear."
действовать в зависимости от обстоятельств
Play it by ear
1. Wow, George is such a talented piano player! The way he can play pieces by ear after hearing them just once is so impressive!
2. A : "Are we meeting at noon on Saturday?" B: "Around then. I have to run some errands in the morning, so let's play things by ear."
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act calm, composed, and without much emotion, especially when something is wrong or one feels otherwise.
Play it cool
A: "The cops are coming!" B: "Just play it cool! They have no reason to think we did anything wrong."
Samantha played it cool during the storm, calmly directing people to safety and finding extra food and water for everyone.
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To deserve a particular consequence or benefit.
Have it coming
You had this raise coming for a long time, with all the work you've done for our department.
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To become more liberal with one's expenditures; to increase the availability of money for spending purposes.
раскошелиться
Loosen the purse strings
After having to count my pennies for so long, it's nice to be able to loosen the purse strings a bit!
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To cause one to speak uninhibitedly. Often refers to the effect of alcohol.
Loosen someone's tongue
A few drinks will loosen her tongue, and then I'm sure she'll tell me the secret without me even having to ask.
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To produce excellent results or be extremely effective, especially unexpectedly.
Work wonders
You'll love this new face cream. It works wonders on my wrinkles.
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To work really hard (on or at something).
очень много работать
Work one's socks off
I know you thought it was just a silly New Year's resolution, but I've been working my socks off at the gym!
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To be a skill that one learns easily or with little effort.
Come naturally
Playing the guitar just doesn't come naturally to me—maybe because I have no sense of rhythm.
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To happen. The phrase often indicates that what is happening is the result of a course of events.
происходить; случиться; случаться
Come to pass
Our only hope now is that these dire predictions will not come to pass, but can be avoided somehow.
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To receive retribution that one deserves;
Get the comeuppance
Don't worry, she'll get her comeuppance—you can't gossip about people without them doing the same to you eventually.
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To correct one's attitude, belief, or behavior; to make sure one understands something correctly.
Set someone straight
I had to set Stephen straight after I realized that he'd been operating the machinery wrong this whole time.
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To undertake a task; to begin doing something.
Set about doing something
After the meeting, I'll set about writing a draft of the report.
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1. . To impress, overwhelm, or excite one to an extreme degree.
2. To impact, alter, or disturb one's normal cognitive process or ability to a great degree, especially as a result of drug use.
Blow your mind
1. The show of support from everyone has just blown my mind.
I had really low expectations for the movie, but it totally blew my mind.
2. Watch out, this weed is pretty strong. It'll blow your mind!
I knew a few friends in college who blew their minds taking LSD.
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спустите все свои деньги
Blow all your money
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послать кому-нибудь воздушный поцелуй
Blow someone a kiss
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очаровывать, пленять, увлекать
Captivate
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behaving in a slightly unfriendly and too formal way
Standoffish
She is very standoffish.
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to annoy or upset someone
Wind someone up
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to avoid a person or place
Give a wide berth
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Немного занудный
A bit of a downer
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Недооценивать
Sell yourself short
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Отклоняться от темы
Go off the tangent
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Внезапно прийти в голову
Spring to mind
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Нет худа без добра
A blessing in disguise
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To have an outstanding or unsettled dispute or disagreement with someone or smth
Having beef with
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Завоевать девушку
Win over a girl
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Держаться подальше от чего- то
Stay out of stuff
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Дружелюбный
Amiable
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Грубый и прямой
Blunt and direct
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Третьего не дано
No in- between
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Справляться
Get by on
You can't get by on love. *
Одной любовью сыт не будешь.
How can he get by on such low wages? *
Как он может жить на такую зарплату?
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Не сдерживай себя
Don't hold back
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Подлизываться
Butter up
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Напрашиваться на похвалу
Fishing for compliments
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Последствия
Reprecussions
